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2 year old female
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Component genes
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Arctic PPE / Purple People Eater
The genetics
Sable
Sable is a recessive mutation that increases melanin production, producing a darker, richer brown snake than normal. It's often bred into lighter morphs like Albino specifically to deepen contrast. They typically have 2 clear scales under their chin, creating a heart shape.
Lavender
Lavender is a recessive, tyrosinase-positive (T+) form of albino. It produces a soft gray-lavender body with a purple tongue and eyes; hatchlings often carry a reddish tint that fades to lavender-gray with age.
Arctic
Arctic is an incomplete-dominant gene that tends to brighten, clean up, and cool the overall appearance of a Western Hognose. Arctic animals often show a lighter base color, sharper contrast, cleaner pattern, brighter coloration, white outlines around pattern elements, and speckling/flecking compared to non-Arctic animals.
What makes a Purple Rain
- Two copies of Sable — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
- Two copies of Lavender — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
- One copy of Arctic — the single-gene Arctic form (incomplete dominant).
This describes the genetics of the animal itself — not the odds from a pairing. Outcome odds are the Genetics Calculator's job.
More in the Purple People Eater family
The same base with its Arctic and Anaconda modifier variants.
Purple People Eater
Purple People EaterPurple People Eater Anaconda
Purple People EaterPurple Rain Anaconda
Purple People EaterPurple People Eater Superconda
Purple People EaterFierce Grape
Purple People EaterFierce Grape Anaconda
Purple People EaterFierce Grape Superconda
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